title: First isolation of Clostridium perfringens type E from a goat with diarrhea.
abstract: A 2-day-old goat died suddenly after the onset of severe diarrhea. No specific gross lesions were observed except for a remarkably thin intestinal wall and watery intestinal contents. Histopathological analysis revealed large numbers of Gram-positive bacilli layered upon the intestinal epithelia of the small intestine. Heavy growth of only Clostridium perfringens type E, and no detection of the other enteric pathogens in the small intestine, suggests that C. perfringens type E contributed to the death of this kid. To our knowledge, this is the first isolation of C. perfringens type E from a goat with diarrhea.
authors.affiliation: Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 175 Anyang-ro, Manan-gu, Anyang 430-757, Republic of Korea. kimhy@korea.kr
authors.forename: Ha-Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Byun
authors.forename: In-Soon
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.forename: You-Chan
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Myoung-Heon
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Bumseok
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J Glenn
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Songer
authors.forename: Byeong Yeal
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006041:Goats; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: Clostridium perfringens type E; Diarrhea; Goat